JFK (pt. 5)

We have now established that Oswald had some strange associations with people closely tied to the far right and intelligence agencies, that his motives are opaque at very best, that he was a terrible shot, and that it appears that someone or some group was impersonating him. Now let’s look at the shooting itself. Oswald could not make the shot. Not with his skills, not from his vanatge, and not with such a sub-par low power rifle.

Although much reasonable doubt has been cast about Oswald’s marksmanship, even giving the Warren Commission a break and saying Oswald was an expert shot, if was found that the best gunmen in the country could not duplicate Oswald’s shot:

“During efforts, supervised by the FBI, to duplicate the shooting accuracy allegedly achieved, no FBI, military or civilian (National Rifle Association) expert was ever able to match the concluded performance, while using CE 139 [The Manlicher Carcano] in the condition it was found, within the time frame established and under conditions similar to those faced by a shooter crouched in the 6th floor window of the TSBD. These re-creations took place on November 27, 1963, March 16, 1964, and March 27, 1964. None of these attempts were made under circumstances that came even remotely close to the difficulties and pressures that would have been encountered by a gunman in that 6th floor window, and still they all failed to duplicate the feats attributed to Oswald. Later efforts, sponsored by the HSCA Firearms Panel, were successful in hitting three stationary targets, within the time frames. However, they used a different rifle, albeit a similar Mannlicher-Carcano and fired using open-sights, instead of the scope, and again, from a different position, angle and under different circumstances than would have been encountered by LHO, or anyone else crouched in the 6th floor window of the TSBD.” (3 WCH 390-430) 

Not a single expert could hit a moving target under the same conditions, from the same vantage as Oswald. Furthermore, the FBI concluded the following about the Manlicher Carcano: 

*inaccurate from 15 yards (CE 549)

*carrying a scope that was mounted for a left-handed shooter (CE 2560);  OSWALD WAS RIGHT HANDED! The scope was useless to him.

*unable to be sighted in, using the scope, without the installation of 2 metal shims, which were not present when the rifle arrived for testing nor notated in any previous description of CE 139 (3 WCH Pg 440-445).  NO SHIM WAS FOUND ON OSWALD OR IN HIS PERSONAL EFFECTS AT THE TIME OF ARREST. THE SCOPE COULD NOT BE USED TO ACCURATELY SIGHT EVEN IF LEE OSWALD WAS LEFT HHANDED. THE SCOPE WAS DOUBLY USELESS.

Then we have the preposterous notion of  the single bullet theory. We are told that Lee Oswald fired three shots off in about 8 seconds or less, with a bolt action rifle no less, a low powered rifle that achieved in the Warren Commission’s own words “high powered rifle” results, and executioner’s precision with tree coverage at an already difficult angle in his second two shots- both of which imply less accuracy as the target is moving further out of range.  We are also asked to believe that the second shot created seven wounds, two to Kennedy, and five to Governor John Connally. This bullet was found later at the end of a stretcher in parkland hospital in practically pristine condition.  This same bullet which was found miraculously in such excellent condition also appears to have had to make magical turns in mid-air in order to create the wounds it created:

Neither John nor Nellie Connally have ever wavered on their assertion that Governor Connally was struck by a separate bullet then the one which first struck President Kennedy. This adds a bullet to the equation- the two which hit Kennedy, the one that missed the motorcade and caused pedestrian James Taig a minor injury from debris, and now the fourth, the one (or more)which struck Connally. According to  the Warren Commission’s timeline, and the evidence it provided, Oswald simply could not have fired four shots. We have a second shooter. Furthermore, with Oswald’s ability and the state of the weapon attributed  to him, he couldn’t have been a shooter at all. Lee harvey Oswald was “just a patsy”.